Good morning: Signs of life

Good morning, Marketers, there are signs of life

I don’t expect to hear the first cuckoo of spring in November, but there are certainly increasing signs of people emerging from isolation and looking for in-person meetings. Just this week, I heard from two CEOs of interesting in-the-news marketing tech companies who wanted, not to jump on a video call, but to actually meet in person.

They are both in town from the west coast and looking for conversations — doubtless with clients, prospects and partners first, then media — and it almost feels like old times. As for me, going to an in-person meeting is like a cold drink of water after months in the desert.

P.S. Since I wrote this, an invitation to a one-day in-person event this week arrived too.

Kim Davis

Editorial Director

Quote of the day. “More stuff #MOPs people never say: ‘Who needs lead scoring? Send all of the marketing automation leads to sales! They love cold calling.’ ‘My workload got so much easier in 2020!’ ‘Who’s Scott Brinker?’” Chris Willis, Global Marketing Operations Manager, Trimble Inc. (More if you follow the link.)

About The Author

Kim Davis

Kim Davis is the Editorial Director of MarTech. Born in London, but a New Yorker for over two decades, Kim started covering enterprise software ten years ago. His experience encompasses SaaS for the enterprise, digital- ad data-driven urban planning, and applications of SaaS, digital technology, and data in the marketing space. He first wrote about marketing technology as editor of Haymarket’s The Hub, a dedicated marketing tech website, which subsequently became a channel on the established direct marketing brand DMN. Kim joined DMN proper in 2016, as a senior editor, becoming Executive Editor, then Editor-in-Chief a position he held until January 2020. Prior to working in tech journalism, Kim was Associate Editor at a New York Times hyper-local news site, The Local: East Village, and has previously worked as an editor of an academic publication, and as a music journalist. He has written hundreds of New York restaurant reviews for a personal blog, and has been an occasional guest contributor to Eater.